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O Distinct | |
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Lady of my unkempt adoration | |
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if i have made | |
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a fragile certain | |
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song under the window of your soul |
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it is not like any songs | |
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(the singers the others | |
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they have been faithful | |
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to many things and which | |
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die |
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i have been sometimes true | |
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to Nothing and which lives | |
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they were fond of the handsome | |
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moon never spoke ill of the | |
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pretty stars and to |
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the serene the complicated | |
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and the obvious | |
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they were faithful | |
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and which i despise, | |
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frankly |
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admitting i have been true | |
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only to the noise of worms, | |
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in the eligible day | |
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under the unaccountable sun) | |
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Distinct Lady |
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swiftly take | |
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my fragile certain song | |
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that we may watch together | |
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how behind the doomed | |
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exact smile of life's |
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placid obscure palpable | |
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carnival where to a normal | |
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melody of probable violins dance | |
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the square virtues and the oblong sins | |
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perfectly |
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gesticulate the accurate | |
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strenuous lips of incorruptible | |
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Nothing under the ample | |
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sun, under the insufficient | |
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day under the noise of worms |
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